Description

This seminar offers a technical summary of the different infrastructure virtualization solutions with VMware technologies. It will allow you to understand how to optimally manage and supervise a VMware virtual platform and how to implement a security policy as well as a Business Recovery Plan (DRP) in VMware environments. You will also discover private and public Cloud Computing through the VMware Cloud.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

IT, production, operations, user relations, Helpdesk directors, system or network administrators, application managers, project managers, etc.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Define the fundamental principles of virtualization: concepts, advantages, evolution Know the different infrastructure virtualization solutions with VMware technology Understand the supervision and optimal management of a VMware virtual platform Explain the different backup solutions a VMware virtual infrastructure

Training program

• Introduction to virtualization
  • Definition of virtualization.
  • The concepts of infrastructure virtualization (servers, networks, storage): what is possible to virtualize.
  • The advantages of virtual technology, its limits.
  • The main use cases of virtualization.
  • The evolution of the virtualization market.
  • The main players on the market.
  • The positioning of VMware compared to other publishers.
  • Know the different infrastructure virtualization solutions with VMware technology.
• L'Operating System de la virtualisation VMware vSphere
  • Overview of the VMware vSphere architecture.
  • Overview of a hypervisor: features, the ESXi hypervisor.
  • Managing virtual machines and physical hosts with vCenter.
  • The vCenter Server administration server: usefulness, what you can do and what not to do.
  • Virtual machines: definition , functionalities and usefulness.
  • Virtual network management: standard switches and distributed switches.
  • Difference between a real physical network and a virtual network.
  • The storage management.
  • What you can and can't do.
• VMware vSphere: overview of advanced features
  • VMware vSphere 5 licenses.
  • Migrations of virtual machines without interruption of services (VMotion, Storage VMotion, etc.
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  • Presentation of VMotion: features, what it brings to virtualization.
  • Presentation of EVC ("Enhanced VMotion Compatibility").
  • Presentation of VMotion: features, what it brings to virtualization.
  • Optimization of resource management (DRS, Storage DRS, Resources Pools, vApp).
  • Presentation of DRS: features , what it brings to virtualization.
  • Presentation of Storage DRS: functionalities, what it brings to virtualization.
  • Presentation of Resource Pools: functionalities, what it it brings to virtualization.
  • Presentation of vApp: functionalities, what it brings to virtualization.
  • High availability (VMware HA, Fault Tolerance).
  • Why implement high availability with the VMware range? The scalability of VMware vSphere (Auto Deploy, Host Profile, Linked Mode).
• VMware Horizon Suite: Virtual apps and desktops
  • The issues related to the virtual desktop.
  • Horizon View or the virtual desktop solution.
  • Presentation of Horizon View: features, what it brings to virtualization.
  • Application virtualization with ThinApp.
  • Presentation of ThinApp: features, what it brings to virtualization.
  • This what virtualization brings to mobility.
  • Mobility and BYOD (bring your own devices): Horizon Workspace, access to applications and data.
• VMware et le Cloud Computing
  • Discover private and public Cloud Computing through the VMware Cloud.
  • Deliver IT services through the VMware Cloud.
  • VMware Cloud solution, vCloud Director : features, what it brings to virtualization.
  • Presentation of vCloud Connector, the private Cloud and public Cloud interconnection: features.
• Supervision and management of virtual infrastructures
  • Understand the optimal monitoring and management of a VMware virtual platform.
  • vCenter Operations Management Suite (monitoring and management of virtual infrastructures).
  • Monitoring, prevention and Capacity Planning with vCenter Operation Manager.
  • Application mapping of virtual machines with vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
  • Measuring the cost of using virtual infrastructures with vCenter Chargeback Manager.
  • Automating virtual infrastructure operations with vCenter Orchestrator.
• Securing and PRA of virtual infrastructures
  • Understand the security and DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan) of a VMware virtual infrastructure.
  • Securing networks and data with vCloud Networking and Security and vShield Endpoint.
  • Backup of VMs (virtual machines).
  • What a PRA (Disaster Recovery Plan) is, what it contains, its objective.
  • Implementation of a PRA (Disaster Recovery Plan), with vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
  • Presentation of vCenter Site Recovery Manager: features, what it brings to virtualization.